Some people have streets named after them. Warren Piers, a chemistry professor at the University of Calgary, has a catalyst penned after him. And in a new paper, Piers reveals the inner workings of the Piers catalyst at a molecular level of detail not previously available.

( American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists ) In the Opening Session of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists' 2010 National Biotechnology Conference, AAPS President Danny D. Shen, Ph.D., presented the following ground-breaking researchers with awards...

( The Kavli Foundation ) On June 3, 8-10AM EDT, the World Science Festival launches its first full day with the announcement of the 2010 Kavli Prize laureates. This event features a keynote address by Harold Varmus, co-chair of President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and...

Geologists have documented that Lake Tanganyika in east Africa has experienced unprecedented warming in the last century. Using core samples obtained from the lake bed, the team determined the lake is currently the warmest it has been in the last 1,500 years. The warming likely is...

( Carnegie Mellon University ) Carnegie Mellon University is launching an initiative, led by two of its Silicon Valley-based researchers, to address the need for industry-wide, globally accepted measures for calculating the benefits and risks of cloud-computing services.

( Carlos III University of Madrid ) Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid present the Moto Student Project, in which a group of university students and engineers have worked to design and develop a racing motorcycle prototype that will complete against university teams...

( Elhuyar Fundazioa ) Iker Castanos, a student of technical engineering in computerized management at the University of the Basque Country, has designed the very first distribution which, initiated either from a DVD or by installation, communicates computers so that they can work in parallel.